Petra Jordan – Treasure of ancient world

The giant red mountains and vast mausoleums of a departed race have nothing in common with modern civilization, and ask nothing of it except to be appreciated at their true value – as one of the greatest wonders ever wrought by Nature and Man.

• Although much has been written about Petra, nothing really prepares you for this amazing place. It has to be seen to be believed.

Petra, the world wonder,

• It is a vast, unique city,
• carved into the sheer rock face by the Nabataeans,
• an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2000 years ago,
• turning it into an important junction for the silk, spice and other trade routes that linked China, India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome.

Location

• located about 262 km south of Amman and 133 km north of Aqaba.
• Petra is considered the most famous and gorgeous site in Jordan